The Data Intensive Distributed Computing Research Group (DIDC) 
(NOTE: Obsolete Web page! For current projects see the new DSD web page )
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Distributed Systems Department
Computational Research Division
Emerging scientific applications such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN and the Nasa EOS satellites are producing tremendous amounts of data. The Data Intensive Distributed Computing Research Group at LBNL is doing research on mechanisms and services to  efficiently move,  select, and manage huge data sets in a distributed, or Data Grid environment. We are also working on tools for monitoring and analyzing distributed system performance, which we call the Distributed Monitoring Framework (DMF). These projects are supported by the US Department of Energy MICS office, the National Collaboratories Program, and the Network Research program.
Current Projects:
Distributed Monitoring Framework (DMF)
Net100 Project:
   - LBNL Net100 page
   - NTAF page
Self Configuring Network Monitoring  
PFLDnet2004  

DMF Components:
  -  NetLogger Toolkit: end-to-end instrumentation and analyses
  -  Enable Network Monitoring Service
  -  pyGMA (GGF Grid Monitoring Architecture implementation)
-  Network Characterization Service (includes pipechar and netest)


Publications and Useful Links:
DIDC Publications (Papers and Talks)
 		TCP Tuning Guide for wide area distributed applications
Collaborations:
 We are part of or working closely with the following projects
Particle Physics Data Grid (PPDG)
EU DataGrid
The Globus Project
Internet2 End-to-End Performance Initiative
SLAC IEPM Project
EU DataTAG Project, Work Package 2
 		GLobal Grid Forum (GGF) Participation: Members of DIDC are co-chairing the following GGF groups:
         Network Measurements WG
        Network Measurements for Application RG
        Grid Performance Working Group
         Discovery and Monitoring Event Descriptions WG
Past Projects:
The Distributed Parallel Storage System (DPSS)
Java Agents for Monitoring and Management(JAMM)
The DARPA Magic Gigabit Network Testbed Project
 		   The China Clipper Project
    The ENABLE Project
   The Matisse Project
Group Members:
Staff:
   Brian L. Tierney (Group Leader) 
   Dan Gunter
   Jin Guojun   
   Jason R. Lee
   Martin Stoufer
 		Administrative Assistants:
        Gizella Kapus
        Jo Anne Yonemura
Students: 
    Vibha Virmani

 

Job Opportunities:
  • No openings at the moment, but we always are looking for graduate students with programming experience who can commit to 1-2 years of work. Send resumes to BLTierney@lbl.gov.
  • LBNL Open Positions ( How to Apply ) (Currently no open positions in this group)



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